Washing machine



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Patented July 1o, 192s.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JORGEN I. HAASE, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE GOODYEAR TIRE &' RUBBER COMPANY, OF AKRON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

WASHING MACHINE.

Application mea Npvember 5, 1925. seriai No. 66,941.

My invention relates to washing machines and it has particular reference to a machine adapted to clean the exterior surface of a hose or tube of resilient material.

It is an object of the invention to .provide a machine of the above designated character which shall be simple in construction and efcient in operation.

At one stage in the manufacture of rubber hose, it is necessary to clean powdered material, such as soapstone, from a rubber tubewhich is to form a ycorefor the hose. According to my invention, this operation is performed by mounting the tube on a straight cylindrical core or mandrel and conducting it through the machine, where it is subjected to the action of cleaning fluid and is suitably scrubbed, so as to emerge in the desired condition. f

In the drawings, which show apparatus for practicing the invention:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the machine;

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken substantiallyalong the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an end elevational view of the machine;

Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of one of the brushing units; v Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line 5 5 of Fig. 4; h

Fig. 6 is an end elevational view of brushing unit, and;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modifie form of a brush assembly.

The machine comprises a frame 10 having an upstandin portion 11 in which is secured an arbor 12 w ich provides a pivotal support for a table 13. The opposite portion of the frame 10 has secured thereto ascrew thread ed boss 14 in which is positioned a screw 15 which adjustably supports the projecting end ofthe table. Two aligned bearings 16 and 17 mounted upon the table 13 are adapted to rotatably surmort a hollow cylindrical member 18 of relatively large diameter, which may be properly positioned with respect to the bearings'bv means of 'a c ollar or ange 19, secured to the outer end thereof. The opposite end of the cylinder 18 projects beyond the edge of the table 13, and is pro.

, 42 which are vided with an annular flange 21, to the opposite faces of which are secured, by suitable means such as bolts "22, a sprocket wheel 23 mounted upon the cylinder and an annular plate 24 adapted to receive brushing units described in detail hereinafter. The cylinder 18 may be rotated in the bearings 16 and 17 by means of a` motor 26, mechanically connected thereto by means of a chain 27 extending to a sprocket wheel 28, loosely mounted upon the arbor '12, and rigidly fixed .to a similarly mounted sprocket wheel 29 prises two brackets 36 provided with angular portions 37 adapted to receive bolts 38 which secure the unit to the plate 24.v A brush 39 is loosely mounted upon the brackets 36 by means of angularly disposed links 41 and the brush, as indicated at 43, and which are rovided at their outer ends with cylindrical ushings 44 and 45 respectively surrounding shafts or bolts 46 and 47 extending between the brackets. A counterweight member 48 is secured to the bushing 44 of the link 41 to counteract the effect of centrifugal force which would separate the brushes 33 when the cylinder is rotated, and it is made sufficiently heavy to force the brushtoward the longitudinal center line of the cylinder. Coiled springs 49 and 50, which surround the bolts 46 and 47, have their ends secured tothe links 41 and 42 and to collars 52 and 53 positioned respectively upon the bolts 46 and 47, and provide a means to force the ivoted at their inner en s to `s0 brushes inwardly at all times, and to hold them in contact when the machine is not in operation. Each brush 39 is provided at its outer end with an upwardly curving lug 54 which acts as a guide for the rubber tube as it is brought into the machine.

of a circular ring, aced in concentric relation with the center line of the cylinder 18 and surrounding the brushes 33, is connected toasuitable reservoir of cleaning fluid (not shwn) by means of a conduit 56, and provides a means to flood the tube and brushes during the `cleaning operation. The annular plate 24 and its associated parts are covered by a hood 58 secured to the frame 10 by a plurality of brackets 59, to prevent the cleaning fluid from being thrown about or lost. For ease in assembly, and to facilitate inspections, the hood is preferably made in two or more parts, and 1s provided with an aperture 61 in alignment with the aperture 34 of the plate 24, and with a hand hole which is closed during op. eration by a lid 62, which is free to slide in guides 63.

A modied brush assembly is shown in Figure 7. Three brushes 71 having outwardly curved ends 72 have Vsecured to the backs thereof upstanding rods 73, which pass through apertures 74 provided at the vertices of a triangular frame 75, and in which they may be adjustably positioned by any suitable means, such as wing nuts 76. The frame 75 is resiliently suspended in a plane in front of the annular plate 24 by means of coiled springs 77, which extend from flanges 78, formed at the mid point of each side of the frame 75, to supporting bolts 79, positioned onroutwardly projecting brackets 81 that are equidistantly spaced about the face of the plate, and which may be secured thereto by bolts 82. When this form of brush assembly is employed, the fluid distributing pipe 55 is positioned in front of the brushes 71, so that the tubing is sprayed with fluid before it is acted upon by the scrubbing mechanism.A

In operation, a length of rubber tubing, mounted upon a core or mandrel, is conducted to the aperture 61 vand into contact with the lugs 54 on the brushes 39, which abut each other by virtue of the pressure,-

exerted by the springs 49 and 50.. If the end ofthe core is not'in alignment with the center line of 4the cylinder 18, the table 13 may be adjusted by operating the s crew support 15, until. ,coincidence is obtained. rlphe y motor is then started causing rotation of the cylinder and the brushes, and'cleaning fluid, for example, benzine, is allowed 'to' escape through the perforated pipe 55. -The brushes, which are still held in contact with each other bythe force exerted from the moment of the counterweight member 48, are forced apart as the core is pushed into the machine, an operation which is facilitatedly the curved faces of the guide mem,

bers As the tubing passes.y through the machlne, it is thoroughly sprayed with the cleaning fluid, and is scrubbedby therevolv-v i A perforated pi e 55, bent into the form ing brushes to remove all of the foreign mating fluid. While but two forms of the invention have been described in detail, it is obvious that those skilled in the art may resort to structural modifications which are within the principles of the invention, which should therefore, be limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What I claim is:

1. A hose washing machine comprising a. support having a rotatable member mounted thereon, a plurality of normall contacting brushes resiliently secured to t e rotatable member, and means on the brushes to effect their separation as a length of hose is introduced into the machine.

2. The combination with a washing machine having a rotatable annular plate mounted thereon, of a brushing unit comprising a pair of supporting members having a brush pivotally suspended therefrom, resilient means adapted to force the brush away from the supporting members at all times brushes yieldably mounted thereon, each brush havinga curved portion at the end thereof adjacent the entering work adapted to guide the work between the brushes and to effect a displacement of the brushes around the work, and means to force'the brushes toward the axis of revolution of the rotatable member.

4. A washing machine comprising a support having a' hollowl cylindrical drum mounted thereon, means to rotate the drum about its own axis, a brush su porting member secured to one end of t e drum, said member being formed `with an a erture in registry with the hollow portion o the drum,

brushes mounted on the brush supportingl cured in the bracket, links pivoted u on the shafts, a brush secured to the 1i Y, and

:senese l 3 means operatively connected` to the brush to the links, means secured toone of the links counteract the centrifugal force exerted to counteract the centrifu al force exerted 10 thereupon. upon the brush, and tensional means con- 6. In a hose washing machine,- a rotatable necting the shafts to the links. 5 brush supporting member, a plurality of In witness whereof, I have hereunto brackets mounted u on the supporting memsigned my name. ber, shafts secure in the brackets, links pivoted upon the shafts, a brush secured to JRGEN I. HAASE. 

